According to a statement last week by Beijing Food Safety Volunteers the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed to them that Monsanto’s RR2 Xtend GMO soybeans have not been approved for import, despite the company’s claims earlier in 2016.

In February 2016, Monsanto told American farmers growing GMO Roundup Ready soybeans that China had approved the import of Monsanto’s new RR2 Xtend soybeans tolerant to both Glyphosate + Dicamba herbicides.

However, this seems to have been a “lie” according to Beijing Food Safety Volunteers, who received the following statement from China’s Agriculture Ministry:

In another blow to Monsanto’s new product they announced Tuesday that while Roundup Ready 2 Xtend (RR2X) are tolerant to dicamba and glyphosate herbicides, no dicamba herbicides will be approved for use on RR2X soybeans during the 2016 growing season.